journeyman Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
artificer; artisan; craftsman.
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Jour"ney*man noun
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Formerly, a man hired to work by the day; now, commonly, one who has mastered a handicraft or trade; -- distinguished from apprentice and from master workman. I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made men, and not made them well. Shak.